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Thursday, March 19, 2015

The Cotton Club 47

A BLAST FROM THE PAST:

"Any citizen of the United States, wherever he may be, who, without
authority of the United States, directly or indirectly commences or
carries on any correspondence or intercourse with any foreign government
or any officer or agent thereof, with intent to influence the measures
or conduct of any foreign government or of any officer or agent thereof,
in relation to any disputes or controversies with the United States, or
to defeat the measures of the United States, shall be fined under this
title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both."

The Logan Act, 30 December 1799

Just thought I'd run that by you.

It's as obviousas a setting sun on a westbound, highway: Tom Cotton has a severe case of Ted-Cruz-envy. Two years ago Cruz, a bloviating gasbag from the Lone Star State, was a newly arrived freshman senator, all set to shake up Washington in whatever way he could. Not since Joe McCarthy in the late fortieshad the nation seen anyone like this extremist dingbat. In two short years, he is now viewed (by some at least) as being a major contender for the 2016 nomination. Certainly Cruz has a high enough opinion of himself that, in his delusional megalomania, he has convinced himself that he is going to succeed Barack Obama as the next president of the United States of America.

Can you guess why I love writing about this stuff so much?

Tom Cotton, a freshman from Arkansas just took his senate seat in January. You can almost feel the little freak's lust for the same type of fame and notoriety that Cruz was able to achieve in so short a time. Less than a month-and-a-half after arriving in the senate chamber, this pathetic nonentity was able to talk forty-six of his colleagues into signing a letter addressed to the leaders of Iran, effectively torpedoing (or trying to - we shall see) negotiations in which the administration is presently engaged in trying to stop Iran's potential development of a nuclear weapons program. Some are saying that what they have done was in direct violation of the Logan Act, a law that has been on the books since January 30, 1799. Some even dare to call it "treason". Whatever the case, "the party of Abraham Lincoln" is looking crazier than ever - a feat which takes some doing.

I'm not going to hold my breath waiting for the Obama Justice Department to prosecute these clowns. In fact there has some precedent set in the past for publicity-crazy politicians (on both sides of the aisle) sticking their noses, where they clearly don't belong, into foreign affairs. But the undeniable fact is that it has never been done quite at this level before. They basically informed the Iranians in this sophomoric message that any agreement they make with Barack Obama will be null and void come January 20, 2017 when the Grand Old Party is once again in control of the executive branch of the American government.

EARTH TO REPUBLICANS: THAT AIN'T GONNA HAPPEN, BABY!

Apparently it has yet to dawn on these assholes that their party - at least on a nationwide basis - has become virtually unelectable. You want the proof? In the last two national election cycles the American people chose as their leader a black politician from Chicago. Given this nation's sad history with respect to race, that's an extraordinary thing. Can they really be so demented to think that defeating a white woman at the polls two Novembers from now is going to be any easier? To quote the great Johnny Mercer:

"Dream when the day is through Dream and they might come trueThings never are as bad as they seemSo dream, dream, dream...."

The only way that disgusting party is going to be able to take back the White House in two years will be via the route of an electoral coup d'etat; they won't be able to do it any other way. That's what the gutting of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 was all about. Remember you read it here, folks.

I don't lose any sleep over the knowledge that there are blathering imbeciles like Tom Cotton or Ted Cruz - or the forty-five other senators who were stupid enough to sign that letter - rampaging the floors of the nation's capital. I'll be honest with you: it makes life awfully interesting.

Tom DeganGoshen, NY

Bob Crane 1928-1978

AFTERTHOUGHT: Hogan Revisited

I go to see my mother twice every day at the adult care facility she
lives in (it's called Glen Arden). Lately I've taken to watching about
an hour of reruns of Hogan's Heroes when I visit. They run every morning
on TV Land, replacing the Cosby Show which was removed from the lineup a
few months ago for reasons I don't think I need to go in to.

I
used to love this program when I was a kid; however in the forty-plus years
since I last viewed it, it has made its way onto every list as one
of the worst TV shows in history. I wasn't too surprised to hear this.
Back in its day, I thought Rowan and Martin's Laugh In was a hoot. When I
viewed a few episodes a number of years ago, I was taken aback by how
embarrassingly bad it was. I only assumed that Hogan's Heroes would
suffer the same fate of adult hindsight.

After watching it for about a month now, I can only say that it's not
one of the worst programs in history - far from it. In fact, when
compared to other shows of that overrated decade, it holds up remarkably
well. Let's face it: the sixties were a dreadful period in the history
of American comedy. Other than a small handful, most of the "comedies"
of that era are virtually unwatchable today. Hogan's Heroes is the happy
exception to the rule: It's funny - very funny. Recently TV Guide named it fifth from the bottom of the worst shows of all time. That's complete nonsense.

Perhaps in the politically
correct culture in which we live, certain people cannot forgive a
program that was able to mine humor out of a Nazi-era POW camp. I would
only advise that if you happen upon it while surfing the channels, give
it another chance. It's not only very funny, there is enough suspense -
and even a bit of drama - to keep it interesting. In that respect it
paved the way for M*A*S*H, another comedy set within a man-made tragedy.

The show disappeared from syndication for decades following the 1978
murder of Bob Crane, who played Colonel Hogan. When the
details of his somewhat lecherous private life and the circumstances
that lead to his killing became known to the public, perhaps viewers
wanted to forget about him for a while. Enough time has passed, I guess.
Maybe in thirty-seven years we'll be able to watch Bill Cosby again
without wincing.

dear Abbie

SUGGESTED READING:Soon to Be a Major Motion Pictureby Abbie Hoffman

I first read his memoirs about thirty years ago and they're even better with hindsight on the second reading. What I always loved about Abbie Hoffman (and why I miss him) is that he was utterly fearless without ever losing his madcap sense of humor, despite his trials - real and figurative. He was too unique for emulation. It's unspeakably sad that mental illness implanted in his mind the belief that his life wasn't worth living. That happens to a lot of good and decent people. We sure could use him now.

Tom, please stop declaring the Republican Party unelectable. Let's use Netanyahu's "re-election" against all of the polls as the example. Something was done with the vote tally to ensure that Bibi won. It is thus with the GOP.

Have you forgotten how many Red States are pushing vote suppression laws? Do you think they are just making a joke? Playing games? It's all BECAUSE they know they aren't electable that they pursue these goals.

When Hillary finally announces, she will immediately lose the majority of white male voters. She won't lose as many white females, but I don't see her keeping much more than half of them. She must have minorities and the young behind her to win, and the GOP knows this. It's no accident or coincidence that these very demographics are the targets of vote suppression efforts.

No one else on the Democratic side can win. She will announce, and soon, for the Party has no one else. Then we'll find out just how tough she is, with few in the current administration going to her corner. She will essentially face the Vast Reich-Wing Conspiracy all by herself.

Sorry idiots...Logan Act is nearly UNENFORCEABLE against President's or Congress. The PROBLEM phrase is "without authority of the US". In order to be without the authority, you'd have to be UNDER some authority and THEN operate in contravention to that authority. But that would only work in your own branch for neither congress nor Obama is king over the other. Not yet at least.

Fred is parroting the far Right dogma and propaganda that accuses anyone who disagrees with the Israeli far Right of being "Jew haters". This would include millions of Israeli Jews, but don't expect these goons to be reasonable.

They need to demonize those who disagree with them. It is they way of fascism. Some Jews remember this same kind of blind hate and scapegoating.

Like the treasonous 47, Fred and a large percentage of Republicans are Likud/Republicans. They hate Obama so much, Netanyahu is their president.

Of course the "typical hate response" was comprised entirely in the "weasel"ly comments from his friends at his favorite link.

"He be black" and "hate America" and "attack Israel" reeks of extreme Right hate. Fred was right on script.

Isn't that right, Fred? Far Right.

There is no "wondering what the WH's answer was".

There are just more Right Wing LIES, hate, and fear mongering.

While the cult of hate will tell any lie, no matter how absurd, as shown above, CNN has that elusive "answer".

Obama is appealing directly to Iranians to support a deal facing a deadline at the end of the month...Obama urged individual Iranians to pressure leaders into accepting a deal that would curtail Tehran's nuclear program. He emphasized the potential benefits for ordinary citizens, including more foreign investment and job opportunities for young people.

Its snowing again this Saturday morning at the Colony Diner in Wallingford. Lots of global warming here lol, lol.

Article II, Section 2, Clause 2 of the United States Constitution, includes the Treaty Clause, which empowers the President of the United States to propose and chiefly negotiate agreements, which must be confirmed by the Senate, between the United States and other countries, which become treaties between the United States and other countries after the advice and consent of a supermajority of the United States Senate.

Thanks Tom Cotton for standing up to the JV President with a paper thin resume and no leadership skills in the White House.

The anti-American authoritarians were led by the person who made this claim:

“Anyone can see that a beneficent tyrant could better protect us from foreign aggression. Without the constraints of a Congress, the tyrant could act more swiftly and effectively to prevent, or prosecute, foreign wars.”

That would their hero Tom Cotton when he wrote for the Harvard Crimson. It’s clearHE wants to be that tyrant.

Sore Harry is confused again. He didn't “quote” the Constitution. That was a paraphrasing.

No surprise.

So where does the Constitution give senators the power to negotiate or sabotage treaties?

Nowhere.

Now for an actual quote from the Constitution:

Section 8The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States;

To borrow money on the credit of the United States;

To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes;

Taxes and regulation of commerce.

This is why Con-servatives hate loyal Americans and our Constitution. This is what they and their Koch masters wish to destroy.

The authoritarian far Right is the greatest threat to democracy and our Constitution.

Dumbya wouldn't dare show up the Colony Diner. He talks tough but is just a keyboard commando.

These progressives sure hate the Constitution and the idea of seperation of powers. They like benevolent dictators like Moussilini, FDR, and the junior senator who only voted present and then bullshitted his way into the White House without any real experience and skills except for community agitating.

It looks like Valerie Jarrett is the one who leaked the story about Hillary and her private email server. I hear Monica Lewinsky will be making more public statements soon and we will have to see what Slick Willie Clinton has to say. These Democrats are quite a circus.

Obama was sure sore about Bibi winning again.

Bibi has class and is a leader.

Bibi wouldn't advertise he has a transparent administration and then pass a bill like ObamaCare which has to be the most hideous and shady bill ever passed by Congress done through trickery, dishonesty, and breathtaking sophistry. Saul Alinsky is proud of the work done by his disciples.

And liberals want to allow Israel to be destroyed as, Iran has sworn to do even, though it "Health care in Israel is universal and participation in a medical insurance plan is compulsory. All Israeli citizens are entitled to basic health care as a fundamental right".

That is the best way of defining the schizophrenia of a Radical Progressive.

Former Assemblywoman Sharron Angle, who has made a cottage industry out of implying her 2010 loss to Harry Reid in the U.S. Senate race was due to fraud, testified that between 3 percent and 9 percent of votes cast nationally were fraudulent, and that Nevada’s numbers were higher!

Evidence? Proof? Examples?

Assemblyman Elliot Anderson wanted to know, risibly referring to Angle as an “expert” in the area.

“I do not have any examples that I know of,” Angle replied.

Then there was the case of Roxanne Rubin, the Las Vegas woman who tried in 2012 to vote twice in order to prove the system was flawed. The trouble is, she was immediately caught, arrested and charged with a crime.

Looks like we have more proof that vote and election fraud are what Republicans do, and then project unto others.

What things do Racial Progressives support that would ensure the survival of Israel against those who swear it is their national policy to wipe Israel of the face of the earth?

Mozart believe that we gave the A Bomb to Israel and they have a lot of them. He has also said that we have no right to tell other countries what they should do. Except Israel, who Radical Progressives are demanding they accept the forming of a Palestine State.

More schizo from the left.

Let's see now, it's about time to launch into blame Koch, blame Bush, blame talk radio, blame Fox news on and on and on and on. Israel is racist, against what race, oh wise Radical Progressives?

Gut check time!Name a Radical Progressive policy that is pro Israel?

Next up, it's ad hominem time, a sure sign your opponent has nothing left. Then it's crickets and on to some other pile of Liberal scat.

Ph, and I don't have the faintest clue how many "A-bombs" Irael has, and I challenge Sore Loser to prove I ever said anything different about it. I think the only time I mentioned it before was that LAST time he accused me of having that information, and he couldn't come up with where I'd said I had THEN.

ALL I said was that if Bibi has such a hardon to go to war with Iran, he can fight it himself. We have been selling Israel arms since there has BEEN and Israel. Why should we have to fight a proxy war for him? WE are in a situation where we can negotiate a PEACEFUL Deal with Iran. WE can't afford another decade long war.

hey SHITHEAD, maybe if you speak against the clueless Hugo Chavez like Dictator Obama ("The Messiah" who would bring "Hope And Change" and heal the planet) you will be charged with a bullshit crime. Just like with the Stalin, NAZI, Castro, and Chavez regimes. Why all of a sudden is Democratic Senator Bob Menendez being charged? Because he recently spoke out against the Emperor who has no clothes.

And I just want to say I am glad Dave Dubya's blog is in the shitter. The only people posting there wear tin foil hats like Jefferson's Accordian who still believes 9/11 was an inside job.

Like it or not, the surge worked to stabilize Iraq. Obama and his crew knew (or should have known) that withdrawing US forces would precipitate chaos.

Further, one suspects that he knows (or should know) that Iran is a truly destabilizing force throughout the ME. Yet, true to form, this administration continues to act against US interests and stability for the region.

Obama knows that low oil prices have tanked that socialist utopia Venezuela where people now fight for rolls of toilet paper made by its nationalized toilet paper company.

Obama wants to loosen sanctions on Iran because low oil prices are threatening the economic stability of Iran and the political future of the mad mullahs. Obama intentionally or not is simply serving as an agent of Ayatollah Khamenei. He certainly is not serving the interest of the American people.

It is time for many military experts to stand up for America and voice their concerns about his current "policy".

"Jason", the date for withdrawl from Iraq was already a done deal before Obama took office. Bush singed it. Had Obama NOT honored that agreement you would have attacked him for not honoring a good faith promise made by Bush.

If you want to go into another decade long war so that rich men can get richer, move to Israel.

"Obama knows that low oil prices have tanked that socialist utopia Venezuela where people now fight for rolls of toilet paper made by its nationalized toilet paper company. Obama wants to loosen sanctions on Iran because low oil prices are threatening the economic stability of Iran and the political future of the mad mullahs. Obama intentionally or not is simply serving as an agent of Ayatollah Khamenei. He certainly is not serving the interest of the American people."

MIAMI (CBSMiami) – A woman arrested for going on a rant and smoking a cigarette on an airplane isn’t making any excuses for her actions that day.

Karen Bettez Halnon said late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is her hero and voiced her disapproval of what she calls “U.S. imperialism.”

“The United States has declared war on Venezuela,” Halnon can be heard saying in a YouTube clip captured on Saturday. “Venezuela has been declared a national security threat.”

“I felt it was necessary to speak for not only the Venezuelans but the rest of the poor of the world that are constant victims of US military global domination,” she said.

“Yes, that was me and I was actually smoking a cigarette briefly. I took a few puffs out of it and then I put it out and then I joked that the guy next to me made me do it, but that was just a joke,” she said. “Every other revolutionary smokes. Fidel, Daniel Ortega, Tomas Borge, Che Guevara, Obama, etc. And so that’s one of the significance… to identify with a revolutionary spirit.”

After his first cancer surgery in June 2011, Chávez indicated that a baseball-sized tumor had been removed from his pelvis, but he never revealed what type of cancer he suffered from then or later when further surgery, chemotherapy and radiation were used.[532]

However, on 27 February 2012, Wikileaks released an internal Stratfor email, dated 6 December 2011, that detailed the earlier cancer as well as putting the blame on his doctors and Chavez's personal habits. It also details the cause for his second trip to Cuba.

"The tumor started as a growth close to the prostate. It spread to the colon, which is what led to a lot of confusion in the [unknown] about the treatment of prostate v. colon cancer in hormonal v. chemotherapy. A reliable source on the medical [team] has explained that the cancer has spread to the lymph nodes and into the bone marrow up to the spine, ie. very serious." [533]

"Chavez temporarily stopped the chemo in order to make an appearance at the recent CELAC meeting. The medical team is made up of both Russian and Cuban doctors. Both sides are clashing. The Russian team blamed the Cubans for an improper surgery the first time in trying to remove the tumor. The second surgery over the summer was basically the Russian team trying to clean up the Cuban team's mistakes. The Russians complain that the Cubans don't have the right imagery treatment to properly treat Chavez. The Cuban medical diagnosis is two years. The Russian medical diagnosis, due to improper medical equipment, is less than one year. The source on the medical team complains that Chavez is a very 'bad patient.' He doesn't listen to his doctors, and he ceases treatment when he has to make a public appearance. Now the Russian and the Chinese doctors are going at it because Chavez sought the advice of a Chinese doctor that advocates more natural treatments and the Russians are saying this is "horse shit treatment". Only Chavez can get the most politicized medical team in the world." [533]

If only Hugo had gone to the Imperialist USA for his cancer treatment, our friend would still be with us.

Oh, the humanity! How are the folks at the Colony diner going take this tragic news. Obamacare Jobs Grow Faster In Medicaid Expansion States

States that agreed to expand coverage of Medicaid to more Americans under the Affordable Care Act have created more jobs than other areas of the country, according to a new report…. To see if health care job creation trend continues, watch Indiana, which recently agreed to expand Medicaid but was a “non-expansion” state in 2014 when Indiana’s overall employment grew at 2%, while healthcare jobs grew 0.2%,” Fitch Ratings said. “The surrounding states that expanded saw healthcare jobs grow 3x-8x faster.”

Over 90 new companies have been created since 2010, according to HRI analysis. Some of these newcomers— such as Picwell and Omada Health— were conceived in direct response to opportunities and needs borne by the ACA.

Healthcare and social assistance jobs grew over 30% faster between December 2013 and December 2014 for 24 states that implemented ACA expansion on Jan. 1, 2014 than those that did not.

Arctic sea ice appears to have reached its maximum extent for the year on February 25 at 14.54 million square kilometers (5.61 million square miles). This year's maximum ice extent is the lowest in the satellite record.

Time for some more lies about the Global Conspiracy of Evil Climate Scientists.

Sore Loser says, "Believing that one event in 50 years is significant..." NOW, but this was EXACTLY what Sore Loser was crowing about over last year's higher ice level.

Remember when that one year fluctuation "disproved" climate change?

Now Sore Loser claims snow in Boston disproves the scientific consensus, or means the entire planet is getting colder, or Obama is a Marxist, or liberals are commies, or...any stupid thing the cult says at any one time.

Meanwhile in the real world, California is going dry, coral reefs are bleaching due to ocean temperature rise, permafrost is thawing in Arctic and Vanuatu suffered the WORST Category 5 cyclone ever.

But so what, the Radical Right Bubble Cult doesn't care about the world, or the resulting human suffering, or reality,

No really Tom? I thought with man caused climate change it would snow in July!

Look, if you are not wiling to use data that is 85 years old, why should you use data that is only 50 years old?Then there is the little thing called the Ice Age, which 98% of scientists say we are still coming out of. We have millions of years of data for them and you steadfastly ignore them. If you had read the findings I provided about the starting and endings of Ice Age you would realize has fast they can change.

ALL with out the help of man kind.

And Dumbya when was the last time you checked the polar ice cap? Like never!

The Ice Age, a Climate Change started without the help of man that you can count on.

"But so what, the Radical Right Bubble Cult doesn't care about the world, or the resulting human suffering, or reality."

And Dumbya when was the last time you checked the polar ice cap? Like never!

Projecting again.

Sore Loser never checked. He thinks the Ice Age proves greenhouse gases have no greenhouse effect, or Obama is a Marxist and liberals are commies.

Last I checked was just before I posted this:

Arctic sea ice appears to have reached its maximum extent for the year on February 25 at 14.54 million square kilometers (5.61 million square miles). This year's maximum ice extent is the lowest in the satellite record.

More news that shows Republicans no longer have one isolated year’s Arctic ice stats (and winter) to disprove climate change.

First he learned Israel has their own socialized version of Obamacare.

Poor Sore Loser is even more befuddled now that I told him MOST Israelis want a Palestinian state. That makes them "radical progressives" who disagree with him and half of his president Bibi Bothway's flip-flop, donchaknow?

The president famously claimed in a speech in 2007 that the great civil-rights march in Selma, Ala., led to his conception:

“There was something stirring across the country because of what happened in Selma, Alabama, because some folks are willing to march across a bridge. So they got together and Barack Obama Jr. was born. So don’t tell me I don’t have a claim on Selma, Alabama.”

He was in fact born years before that march happened — his parents were divorced by the time of the march — but one can see how such mythology would appeal to a man with Barack Obama’s messianic pretensions and believed by the pied piper kool aid drinkers like Dave Dubya and Mozart.

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“I know the things I said several days ago offended some of Israel’s citizens, hurt the Arab citizens,” Netanyahu told invited representatives of the Arab community at the Prime Minister’s Residence in Jerusalem. “This was never my intent. I apologize for this.”

The apology was met with enthusiastic applause from the Arab representatives, several of whom embraced him after the statement.

However, the Joint (Arab) List, which swept into the Knesset with 13 seats last week, rejected Netanyahu’s overture and said it will continue to campaign on behalf of the Arab community, Channel 2 reported.

I guess I will let all the right-wingers who spent the last week explaining Bibi did nothing wrong explain why he is now apologizing.

Mozart,My grandmother was conservative. Sore Loser is a radical Right wing authoritarian. (Con-servative)

The last thing he wants is to conserve the best of our country. He and his ilk are working for radical change. Not the kind to hope for, either.

The Republican Party is practically a subsidiary of Koch Industries.

The Koch vision of America is bleak and neo-feudal.

Here are just a few excerpts of the Libertarian Party platform that David Koch ran on in 1980:

• “We urge the repeal of federal campaign finance laws, and the immediate abolition of the despotic Federal Election Commission.”• “We favor the abolition of Medicare and Medicaid programs.”• “We oppose any compulsory insurance or tax-supported plan to provide health services, including those which finance abortion services.”• “We also favor the deregulation of the medical insurance industry.”• “We favor the repeal of the fraudulent, virtually bankrupt, and increasingly oppressive Social Security system. Pending that repeal, participation in Social Security should be made voluntary.”• “We propose the abolition of the governmental Postal Service. The present system, in addition to being inefficient, encourages governmental surveillance of private correspondence. Pending abolition, we call for an end to the monopoly system and for allowing free competition in all aspects of postal service.”• “We oppose all personal and corporate income taxation, including capital gains taxes.”• “We support the eventual repeal of all taxation.”• “As an interim measure, all criminal and civil sanctions against tax evasion should be terminated immediately.”• “We support repeal of all law which impede the ability of any person to find employment, such as minimum wage laws.”• “We advocate the complete separation of education and State. Government schools lead to the indoctrination of children and interfere with the free choice of individuals. Government ownership, operation, regulation, and subsidy of schools and colleges should be ended.”• “We condemn compulsory education laws … and we call for the immediate repeal of such laws.”• “We support the repeal of all taxes on the income or property of private schools, whether profit or non-profit.”• “We support the abolition of the Environmental Protection Agency.”• “We support abolition of the Department of Energy.”• “We call for the dissolution of all government agencies concerned with transportation, including the Department of Transportation.”• “We demand the return of America's railroad system to private ownership. We call for the privatization of the public roads and national highway system.”• “We specifically oppose laws requiring an individual to buy or use so-called "self-protection" equipment such as safety belts, air bags, or crash helmets.”• “We advocate the abolition of the Federal Aviation Administration.”• “We advocate the abolition of the Food and Drug Administration.”• “We support an end to all subsidies for child-bearing built into our present laws, including all welfare plans and the provision of tax-supported services for children.”• “We oppose all government welfare, relief projects, and ‘aid to the poor’ programs. All these government programs are privacy-invading, paternalistic, demeaning, and inefficient. The proper source of help for such persons is the voluntary efforts of private groups and individuals.”• “We call for the privatization of the inland waterways, and of the distribution system that brings water to industry, agriculture and households.”• “We call for the repeal of the Occupational Safety and Health Act.”• “We call for the abolition of the Consumer Product Safety Commission.”• “We support the repeal of all state usury laws.”

This is the radical agenda of Sore Loser's masters.

He will not admit, acknowledge or deny this agenda, but it is what his masters want to do to our country. He will flee from these issues and prefer to engage in ad hominem attacks.

This is not conservatism as we knew it. It is corporatist neo-liberalism.

Man do I love being the focal point of the hate from Dumbya and Mozart. Almost as much as living in their liberal radical progressive empty skulls.

Interesting dataThis post will be #95I have posted 18 times or almost 18% of total posts made.( Dumbya will claim I posted under other names, but Dumbya is a liar)

I have been referred to in others posts 32 times or 36% of total posts made.

Interesting isn't it. didn't post here, the number total of posts would be 45 or a reduction of 52%.

Tom,Thanks for paying me to post here to keep your numbers up. It is working like I promised. You have to admit you make a good investment to advance your blog. I'd appreciate your referral to Dumbya to help his dismal blog. You know where to send my check in St Louis.

Look how many times he's "researched" details like WHEN everyone posts or how often everyone posts.

It seems the only thing on this page he HASN'T researched are his political statements. Maybe if he put as much effort into fact checking as he does obsessing on post counts he wouldn't come off like such an immature moron.

In fact, he's not even a troll. He told us he's here for adult debate. His clear logic and cool reasoning, along with extensive factual evidence, and well-documented information are beyond our ability to counter.

Above all, his humility and graciousness are above reproach; second only to his honesty.

In other words, he epitomizes the heart and soul of the Republican Party. The party of values.

How could we possibly hate a guy like that?

He’s really our teacher.

Our adult mentor is here to enlighten us on the evils of everyone, and everything, non-Republican.

Don't think for one moment we are just having fun. We are learning the most important part of being a Republican convert...Shut up and believe what you're told. Learn that liberals are Marxist racists who hate America. They are to blame for every bad thing that ever happened.

Believe, otherwise you're a commie.

Once we learn to believe the Right way, we too, may then tell others to shut up and believe. And if they don't, we get to call them commies and Alinsky followers.

He's got nothing relevant to say because his heroes are making complete fools of themselves, so he continues to obsess over post counts.

Did you ever hear Bill O'Reilly talk about how the ratings of any show he's on go UP? He either doesn't know or doesn't want to admit that the ratings go up because so many people love to see the host (especially Jon Stewart) make a fool of him.

The Boy troll, either doesn't know, or doesn't want to admit that we take great pleasure from whipping his whiny little ass every time he dares to make a statement. Like easy money.

OMG the weather is changing!!What could that mean???How can mankind stop this massive climate change?

EVERYBODY knows it's the Kochs and right wind bubble cults fault.

I say we sting them up.

We must reduce human populations, starting in China and India. We must send ISIS there to reduce the number humans there and to return to a 8th century economy. Only mankind can undo the effects of major climate change, like the Ice Age, that mankind has caused. and socialism is the only way.

The planet is in a natural "warming" cycle, but (and this is important) WE ARE ACCELERATING THE PROCESS BY PUMPING TONS OF CO2 INTO THE ATMOSPHERE EVERY DAY.

98% of the world's CLIMATOLOGISTS agree on this, so the question is, DO YOU BELIEVE PEOPLE WHO STUDY THE CLIMATE FOR A LIVING, OR DO YOU BELIEVE CORPORATIONS THAT WILL LOSE MONEY WHEN FOSSIL FUEL USE DECREASES?

In other HILARIOUS News, Ted Cruz is buying insurance through the ACA exchanges!!!!!

Sore Loser certainly tries, I'll give him that. What puzzles me is why he vehemently denies posting under all his aliases, when it is so obvious "they" make the same arguments, with the same wording, and posting the same links for proof. Even the same tired Seinfeld gag as final wisdom.

He loves the attention. He probably gets the most attention of his life here on this blog. His use of multiple alias all agreeing with him is a common trick among isolated wingnuts to try to make it appear they're part of a large, powerful group. It's a sign of a mental disorder, though he'd never admit it.

Sadly, he no longer links to his favorite weaselly website. Is it possible he is capable of shame since Dave went and actually quoted the comments that appear there? The "monkeys in the white house" hate speech? I don't think it's shame, but he stopped linking to them, even though they provided the "facts" for most of his arguments.

JH even finds Sore Loser hilarious, even though he had to shorten his name because Sore Loser kept stealing it.

A prediction: Jeb Bush will win the repub nomination, and Sore Loser will get behind him 100%. Scott Walker is getting the big bucks, but he's dumber than a pile of toenail clippings, and Jeb has access to his family connections. If there is anything in Walker's background the Bush operatives can uncover, it will come out.

Tom, Please note again how many hits your blog is getting every time I post on it. Since my last post at 8:17 there have been 5 posts kind of sort of in response to my simple question (which I'll share again so you can get some more traffic)

"Is an Ice Age weather or climate change?"

When can I expect my first installment of this months check from you per our agreement?

You have to admit without my posts your blog would get 50% fewer posts and hits. Heck Tom, I don't even have to make a post and some people start posting about me. Just as I promised you it would happen.

Sometime soon, we need to talk about hiring me to be a "guest" publisher of one of your threads. I was thinking about something on Obama trading accused deserter Bergdahl (who served “with honor and distinction") for five of the most dangerous Taliban commanders in U.S. custody.

Smokey, if they were "high level jihadists, WHY WERE THEY NEVER CHARGED WITH ANY KIND OF A CRIME?

And Texas is not doing THAT well. Some of the poorest counties in the country are in Texas. Take away NASA , the military bases and all the federal money they receive, and Texas would not be doing so well.

If Texas were to actually secceed? Hell, they would be worse off than Mexico in a year. In fact, within a decade the state could be more than 50% Hispanic. They might become PART of Mexico. You want to see a state run right, check Minnesota. The Liberals had the budget in the black.

Tom,This will be a great post for raking up those hits if past history is any indicator.

Americans’ concern over environmental issues such as water and air pollution and extinction of species is down from last year, and the data show that of all green issues, Americans worry the least about global warming (or climate change), according to Gallup.

Sore Loser does not say WHY we are "worrying less about Global Warming".

IT'S BECAUSE SOLAR AND WIND IS GROWING AND PEOPLE ARE USING LESS FOSSIL FUELS.

Not a LOT less, but the tide is turning and people are optimistic for the first time in years.

But then, things ALWAYS improve when a Democrat is in the White House.

But Sore Loser, like the good "dittohead" that he is, is very careful only to tell the part of the story that SEEMS to support his position. He depends on everyone to act like conservatives and never fact check his statements.

Even under carter we went 4 years without going to war. He got the hostages back without firing a shot, and hunger in the USA was virtually wiped out. Of curse, then Reagan stepped in and cut many of Carters programs that helped needy families. Go figure.

Put solar panels on the White House to show that "green energy" worked

Helped improve the environment through the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act and the Superfund Act, which is designed to clean up sites contaminated with hazardous substances

Promoted human rights during his tenure and initiated the Camp David Accords, the Panama Canal Treaties, and the second round of Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT II)

Worked to improve the environment through the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act and the Superfund Act, which is designed to clean up sites contaminated with hazardous substances

Mediated a peace treaty between Israel and Egypt

It's easy to dismiss Carter's accomplishments because Reagan came in and either took credit for them or in the case of school breakfast and lunch programs, gutted them into the ground. Like Obama carter inherited a bad economy, and as a Washington outsider, not even his own party in congress would do much to help him.

The Republican bill, co-sponsored by New York Senator Charles Schumer and eight other Democrats, would allow Congress to block the U.S. from lifting sanctions against Iran. President Barack Obama’s administration says the measure could imperil the nuclear talks and that he would veto it.

The other Senate Democrats supporting Corker’s bill are Bob Menendez of New Jersey, Michael Bennet of Colorado, Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut, Joe Donnelly of Indiana, Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota, Tim Kaine of Virginia and Bill Nelson of Florida. Maine’s Angus King, an independent who caucuses with Democrats, also is co-sponsoring the bill.

Thanks god there are some Democrats who don't have their heads up their butts and will challenge the Boy King Emperor Who Wears No Clothes!

Do these Senators now listen to Rush Limbaugh?

Will Mozart, Saul Alinsky's Favorite Radical Son Dave Dubya, and Tom call them traitors? No, we will just hear crickets.

Mozart:

"SORE LOSER SUPPORTS TREASON.

Who's surprised?

But then, if he really DOES support Cotton, Why didn't he come forward to stick up for him sooner?"

"And explain to us why you think TREASON is "patriotic""

"Still nothing from him on the "TREASONOUS 47" or anything else or relevance"